The Marketplace: Etsy and Online Boutique Showcase

Happy Tuesday Everyone...
time for The Marketplace.
Come link up your Etsy and Online Boutique items
then stay for some fun shopping.
Mother's Day is next weekend,
and you still have time to make some online purchases for gift giving.
Here are a few links from last week:

Vintage Royal Worcester Gold Rimmed Soup Bowls

Sweet Southern Vintage

CAT Puzzle

The Zoe Bird

"Mother" Vintage Handkerchief Set

Mission Jewels

Pair of Vintage Tennis Rackets

The Feathered Pen

Mother Ruffled Tea Towel

Kathy Creative Home

Today's Sponsor Spotlight is on Judy from 20 North Ora
She makes some of the most wonderful pillows, and the pocket keepsake pillows
for Mother's Day are just perfect to tuck a card inside for your sweet mom or grandmother.

Mother's Day Memory Pillow

Memorable Mother's Day Pillow

Mother's Day Pocket Pillow

Hope you'll check out Judy's Shop 

and browse all her wonderful handmade creations.

Thanks Judy!

OK, Friends, time to link up to three of your Etsy Shop or Online Boutique items. Please have a direct link to the individual item if possible, and only link up items that are for sale. If you have a blog post about your shop or store, that works too, please just let us know how to purchase your items. You don't have to have a blog to join in, but if you do, please be a follower of Common Ground and grab the image below for someplace on your blog sidebar to let other's know about this venue.

Thanks everyone, and since this linky is open all week, be sure and check back throughout the week to see new items being listed.

Have a wonderful week,

Snow and lilacs...

...those two things don't go well together.

I guess I could say we were lucky as compared to others of you out there.

Lot's of precipitation, but no accumulation.

Where we are in SW Missouri, it snowed and sleeted all day yesterday but didn't stick much. At one point yesterday evening the flakes were HUGE. It was really beautiful... just not for May. So I decided since I wasn't getting out, that I'd redo the faux florals in my urn here in the entry. I'd had daffodils and forsythia in this for early Spring and Easter.

Easter

I have a teensy pet peeve...

I like to keep my faux flowers seasonal.

I can't have geraniums at Christmas

or tulips in the Fall.

They have to stay seasonal and current.

I'm sure these will be changed out again by the end of the month...

maybe daisies by then.

(I'm hoping I'll have daisies by the end of the month...)

Here's a snow pic from the deck and my kitchen window.

Can you see the lilac bush on the other side of the fence?

(bad photo, I know. I don't have a zoom lens for distance.)

yes...it's not mine, 

and it's in my neighbor's yard.

a bachelor...

and it drives me crazy. 

But my arms aren't long enough to grab a branch

and harvest a bouquet.

I have to admit I've had fleeting thoughts of sneaking over the fence by cover of darkness. We watched Zero Dark Thirty last night and I think that those high tech night vision goggles and other gear might work for this kind of mission. (just kidding...I wouldn't do that...just a little temptation of the blooming kind). What can I say...I was spoiled when I was young. We had two massive bushes of lilacs and we had fresh bouquets all over the house, this time of year.

So I just have to look at it and imagine a wonderful fragrant lilac bouquet

filling an ironstone pitcher or a large crystal vase.

I've thought of planting my own bush, 

but I haven't found a good spot for one.

excuses...excuses.

so I'll try to enjoy some silk ones and maybe find a room spray 

or candle that will make me think they're real.

and while we're here,

you can see that some of my birdies are back here in the Entry.

This is what you do if it's too cold for the sunporch...

...and you're really lazy.

good thing there are two sofas...

one for each lazy kit kat.

joining in with these parties this week:

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm
Mod Mix Monday at Mod Vintage Life
Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House
Wow us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

Hope you're having a great weekend,

I'll try to behave...

xoxo,